{"id":121290,"date":"2026-02-23T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121290\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:42:09","slug":"pennsylvania-lottery-3-million-winner-in-allegheny-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121290\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Lottery $3 million winner in Allegheny County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPRIZE 1 IN 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR LIFE HAS BEEN SOLD AT A     SUNOCO STATION IN WHARTON TOWNSHIP. THIS IS RIGHT ALONG ROUTE 40 NEAR NEMACOLIN. WELL, THE WINNER WILL HAVE THE CHOICE OF THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS OR A ONE TIME CASH OPTIO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Lottery ticket sold in Allegheny County reveals $3 million prize<\/p>\n<p>Pa. Lottery winning scratch-off ticket sold at BP in Harrison Township<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769019068_844_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:22 AM EST Feb 23, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSomeone in Allegheny County scratched off a $3 million winning Pennsylvania Lottery ticket.PREVIOUS VIDEO ABOVE: Local scratch-off ticket wins $10,000 a month for lifeLottery officials announced that a winning ticket in the &#8220;3s a Charm&#8221; game was sold at the WelMart convenience store at the BP gas station on Alter Road in Harrison Township.The scratch-off game&#8217;s top prize is $3 million, and a ticket costs $30.In its announcement, the lottery said, &#8220;Scratch-offs are distributed at random, meaning the Pennsylvania Lottery and its retailers do not know where winning tickets will be sold. The lottery learns where winning tickets are sold only after a prize has been claimed.&#8221;The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tNATRONA HEIGHTS, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Someone in Allegheny County scratched off a $3 million winning Pennsylvania Lottery ticket.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS VIDEO ABOVE: Local scratch-off ticket wins $10,000 a month for life<\/p>\n<p>Lottery officials announced that a winning ticket in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palottery.pa.gov\/Scratch-Offs\/View-Scratch-Off.aspx?id=3308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the &#8220;3s a Charm&#8221; game<\/a> was sold at the WelMart convenience store at the BP gas station on Alter Road in Harrison Township.<\/p>\n<p>The scratch-off game&#8217;s top prize is $3 million, and a ticket costs $30.<\/p>\n<p>In its announcement, the lottery said, &#8220;Scratch-offs are distributed at random, meaning the Pennsylvania Lottery and its retailers do not know where winning tickets will be sold. The lottery learns where winning tickets are sold only after a prize has been claimed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRIZE 1 IN 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR LIFE HAS BEEN SOLD AT A SUNOCO STATION IN WHARTON&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12135,57128,894,57129,57130,43977,57133,3618,13055,57132,57135,2080,15180,13187,13056,28,30,2078,29,8637,3792,12145,1621,57131,57134],"class_list":{"0":"post-121290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-3-million-prize","9":"tag-3s-a-charm","10":"tag-allegheny-county","11":"tag-alter-road","12":"tag-bp","13":"tag-bp-gas-station","14":"tag-charm","15":"tag-game","16":"tag-harrison-township","17":"tag-lifelottery-official","18":"tag-local-scratch-off-ticket","19":"tag-lottery-ticket","20":"tag-lottery-winner","21":"tag-month","22":"tag-natrona-heights","23":"tag-pennsylvania","24":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","25":"tag-pennsylvania-lottery","26":"tag-pennsylvania-news","27":"tag-previous-video","28":"tag-prize","29":"tag-scratch-off","30":"tag-ticket","31":"tag-welmart","32":"tag-welmart-convenience-store"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}